USS Chicago, Protected Cruiser (CL-14)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

USS Chicago, Protected Cruiser (CL-14)

Entry/Object ID

PC06432

Description

Color Photograph of starboard side of the Chicago, gangway rigged amidships, small boat secured at stern, flying US Colors and a large pennant at forestay, launched 5 December 1885, reclassified CL-14 in 1921, renamed Alton (IX-5) on 16 July 1928, foundered in the mid-Pacific in 1956.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Subject Person or Organization

USS Chicago CA-14/CL-14/IX-5

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Source, Unknown

Studio

U.S. War Vessels, Pacific Coast

Place

City

San Diego, CA

County

San Diego County

Region

Southern California

State/Province

California

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Ocean

California Coast, West Coast of North America, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Date: postmarked Jan 17 1908

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-3 U.S. Navy -- Cruisers